SARS More than 5,000 affected
A WHO spokesman said Vietnam would come off the list of countries in which the virus is present later today.
The last reported case was three weeks ago, which is more than twice what is believed to be the incubation period of the virus.
The WHO said outbreaks of SARS had now peaked in Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong, but not in China, where the disease first emerged.
China key to curbing SARS - WHO
The organisation said China, as the world's most populous country, was the key to curbing the disease.
At least 331 people around the world have died from SARS and more than 5,000 have been infected.
In China, eight more people have died and another 203 are infected, taking the death toll to 139 and the number of cases to 3,106.
96 of the new cases reported by the Ministry of Health - nearly half - were in Beijing.
Irish experts meet
An expert group of officials appointed by the Minister for Health to deal with the SARS crisis has been meeting this afternoon to discuss the problem.
Opposition parties have called for further measures aimed at preventing the virus from reaching Ireland.
Fine Gael and Labour have said the public and the medical profession had lost confidence in the ability of the Minister for Health Mícheál Martin to handle the controversy arising from the SARS threat.
International conference this week
Canadian authorities have announced they will hold an international conference on the SARS crisis this week.
The conference will focus on ways to treat the pneumonia-like illness and to prevent its spread.
21 people have died in Canada from the disease so far, and the country's health minister, Anne McLellan, said infrared screening was likely to be introduced at airports in Toronto and Vancouver.
The machines, already in use in Singapore, are being used to look for signs of the SARS virus by monitoring the body temperature of passengers.
